Area Colleges: Marsaglia leads UIS to fifth in GLVC women’s golf

Sunday

Apr 27, 2014 at 10:42 PMApr 27, 2014 at 10:42 PM

WATERLOO — Casara Marsaglia shot a season-best, 3-over-par 75 on Sunday to tie for fifth individually and lead the University of Illinois Springfield to a fifth-place finish in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Golf Championship at Annbriar Golf Course.

Marsaglia, a Virden High School graduate who’s a graduate student at UIS, finished with a two-day total of 11-over-par 155. The finish earned her a spot on the 11-player All-GLVC Team, which was led by tourney champion Anastasia Carter of Southern Indiana. Carter finished at 1-over 145.

The Prairie Stars had a 323 total on Sunday, giving them a fifth-place two-day score of 649. Indianapolis won its third straight team championship, posting a 618 for a nine-shot win over Southern Indiana.

UIS senior Caitlin Osborn shot an 83 Sunday for a 163 total, tying for 19th place. Teammate Becca Ramirez, a Springfield High graduate, had an 81 Sunday for a 165 and tie for 26th. The Stars’ Jocelyn Matsen, a Rochester High graduate, had an 84 Sunday and tied for 29th.

BASEBALL

Blueboys split with Cornell

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — The Illinois College baseball squad split its second doubleheader in as many days against host Cornell College Sunday.

The Blueboys finished their regular season with a 7-4 victory over Cornell in the second game, but had already lost the first tilt, 8-3. Now they must wait and see if their 8-8 league record (19-16 overall) will be good enough to get them into the Midwest Conference Tournament.

A sweep of Sunday’s twin bill sure would have helped, but a five-run fifth inning — highlighted by John Tesensky’s bases-loaded double — gave the Rams a comfortable lead in the first game. Cornell had a 2-0 advantage going into the bottom of the sixth in game two, before IC rallied for three runs, keyed by RBI hits from Matt Pardo and T.J. Albers.

Chris Irvin (3-2) earned the win for IC in game two, scattering nine hits over nine innings of work.

Eagles lose two in Cincy

CINCINNATI — Robert Morris University Springfield squad lost 10-3 to Rochester College and 4-2 to Cincinnati-Clermont on Sunday.

The Eagles (9-31) tied Rochester 3-3 with a three-run fifth inning, but lost all that momentum when Rochester (13-14) scored three more in its following at-bat. Ryan Kittell had a triple for the Eagles in that game.

Robert Morris held Cincinnati-Clermont (23-10) scoreless until the hosts sprung a four-run fifth inning on Eagles starter Zach Redpath. The Eagles got two runs back in the top of the seventh but could not come all the way back.

Kris Mosdale was 2-for-3 at the plate for Robert Morris against Cincinnati-Clermont.

SOFTBALL

UIS splits with Lewis

ROMEOVILLE — The University of Illinois Springfield heads into the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Tournament with a 26-23 overall record after splitting a doubleheader at Lewis University to end the regular season on Sunday.

Lewis (23-22) won the first game 1-0 on Brittany Russell’s two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning. In the second contest, the Prairie Stars’ Shannon Ballegeer snapped a 1-1 tie with a solo home run (her fourth this season) in the top of the fifth, opening the floodgates for a 7-3 UIS win.

Cheyanne Bowman (10-8) pitched well for UIS in the first game, striking out five, walking two and scattering six hits before giving up Russell’s game winner. The Stars’ Alex Smith (16-11) notched the win in game two, also allowing six hits.

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